UFC 187 Johnson vs. Cormier Care/Don't Care Preview

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Sorry about the technical issues.

Another of our infamous and patented Care/Don’t Care Previews with me, Kid Nate and co-host extraordinaire Eugene S. Robinson, author of Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking is here.

As always if you enjoy this sort of gum flapping, subscribe to the MMA Nation YouTube channel. Subscribers are the only ones who can watch us shoot these things live.

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We won’t be doing an audio-only version of this one since Nate’s mic crackles through the whole dang thing.

As always with the Care/Don’t Care preview – the caveat — no disrespect is intended to the fighters. This isn’t a commentary on the skill, heart or entertainment potential of any fighter, just a commentary on the UFC’s marketing of said fighters and whether or not any anticipation has been built for the fight.

Here’s a look at the full fight card:

PPV Card

Anthony Johnson vs. Daniel Cormier

Chris Weidman vs. Vitor Belfort

Donald Cerrone vs. John Makdessi

Travis Browne vs. Andrei Arlovski

Joseph Benavidez vs. John Moraga

FS 1 Card

John Dodson vs. Zach Makovsky

Dong Hyun Kim vs. Josh Burkman

Uriah Hall vs. Rafael Natal

Rose Namajunas vs. Nina Ansaroff

Fight Pass Card

Mike Pyle vs. Colby Covington

Islam Makhachev vs. Leo Kuntz

Justin Scoggins vs. Josh Sampo

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Nate Wilcox

Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.

UFC 187 Johnson vs. Cormier Care/Don’t Care Preview

Nate Wilcox